Volleyball Season Ends With 3-1 Loss In Quarterfinal

CLEVELAND - Butler's best volleyball season in
recent years came to an end Friday night as the No. 4 seed Bulldogs
lost to No. 5 UIC, 3-1, in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League
Volleyball Championship at Cleveland State. The Bulldogs finish the
season 21-14.

Butler dominated the opening set despite falling behind 5-1
early. BU went on a 13-5 run to take a 14-10 lead. The Dogs
delivered the knockout blow when they ripped off nine straight
points with Daprile serving to lead 23-11. Butler took set No. 1
25-13.

BU led 14-11 in the second set but UIC ran off six straight
points for a 17-14 advantage. After that, the Flames didn't trail
again en route to winning 25-21.

The third set was close until the Flames took control for a
16-12 lead. Butler would tie it at 17 but couldn't get a key point
to take a lead. Leading 21-18, UIC got three points in a row for
set point. The Flames would take the set 25-20 and a 2-1 match
lead.

The fourth set was tight throughout. Butler seemed to have the
upper hand when it led 18-14 and then later 20-15. After a kill by
Allen and a ball-handling error by UIC, BU had a 24-20 lead and a
fifth set appeared likely. UIC then got four points in a row to tie
it. The Dogs led 25-24 and 26-25 before eventually falling 28-26.

UIC's Casie Sullivan had 14 kills with no errors and 12 digs.
Five different Flames posted 12 or more digs and four UIC players
had at least seven kills. The Flames (16-17) advance to the
semifinal of the tourney to play host and regular season champ
Cleveland State.